Chapter 66: Working to Pay Off Debts
A month later, Lin Yuxi's weak . From then on, she no longer used the method of fighting poison with poison to suppress the ghost tongue, and relied on eating black rice to maintain it. She had more ways than me, and she was richer than me, so she bought more than 100 kilograms of black rice at once, which was enough for us to eat for four years without worrying.
During this period, the Su family's business plummeted because of this case and soon went bankrupt. Su Chengda's parents were too embarrassed to stay in Xiling and returned to their hometown in a very miserable state.
I put Yu Zhengyao's ghost back into the chicken farm and continued to suppress the infant spirits. In fact, I later realized that these infant spirits were wandering ghosts collected by the ancestors of the Yu family, and they were not captured by improper means. From this incident, I learned another thing: after an infant spirit fails to reincarnate many times, it will no longer be eligible to enter the cycle of reincarnation and will become a wandering ghost with no name in the ghost gate. They have great resentment, and if they are not collected, they will bring disaster to the world.
Most of the infant spirits in the wooden barrels of the Yu family were adopted for this kind of cause and effect. The Yu family's ghost-raising technique is very authentic, and the infant spirits sealed in the wooden barrels will never run out, unless they are destroyed by external forces. Therefore, there has never been a mistake in the "child god" sold. The one that Yu Zhengyao brought that time was intended to be a bait to lure out the evil ghost infant spirit, but he didn't expect that he would die after he was released. The little ghost became a wild soul without an owner. Fortunately, I killed it, otherwise there would be endless troubles.
Because I had to take care of Lin Yuxi, I never set up a stall and lived in her small courtyard. Xiaopang's business was much better because he didn't have Cheng Guaizi and I to compete for customers. But he couldn't change his habit of taking advantage of others. After closing his stall every day, he would come to our place to eat and drink for free.
After Lin Yuxi recovered, she couldn't sit still and insisted on opening the "Fuling Studio". I told her not to open any studio, I would make money to support you.
The girl got anxious when she heard this: "Why do you support me? You can't do this even if we are sisters. I mean, you still have some improper thoughts about me, right? Don't say that I no longer believe in love. Even if I still believe that there are good men in the world, they are not you. Give up this idea as soon as possible!"
These words are like a basin of cold water in the twelfth month of winter, which chilled me to the bone. She and I can get along like siblings, or even like buddies, but it is a bit difficult to break through this relationship. I was hurt by Su Chengda, and this is a heart injury. As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of the rope for ten years. I don't think I can recover in a short time. In addition, I am a fortune teller who has nothing to offer. No matter who she likes, she will never like me.
So whenever we joked, she would be very cautious when it came to matters of sex. But this was the first time she had been thrown cold water on me.
I said okay, then you continue to run your studio, I continue to set up my fortune-telling stall, and we go our separate ways. I packed up my things and went back to my doghouse. That night, Xiao Pang and I got drunk, and the next day we went to Yonghe Street together. But just as I set up the stall, Lin Yuxi rushed over and kicked the stall away again.
What is the reason?
She said I ate and drank for free at her house for a month, but in the end I didn't pay her a penny and just left. How could it be so easy? I said, isn't this unreasonable? I took care of you and even stopped doing business. Who will compensate me for this loss? Besides, you didn't pay for the care.
The girl was speechless because of what I said. She grabbed my ear and scolded me, "You little rascal, how do I make up for all the times you took advantage of me? Pay me back!"
I saw that there were many onlookers watching the fun. If I continued to make trouble, how could I be so ashamed to come to Yonghe Street? I quickly dragged her away and found a restaurant to sit down and talk. In fact, Xiaopang and I thought she was joking, but unexpectedly she was serious this time and would not give up until she paid compensation. I held my breath and asked how much she wanted to pay, and she said 100,000 yuan!
How can we have so much money? Xiaopang was anxious, and slammed the table and said, "Lin Yuxi, can you please not burn your bridges after crossing the river? Even if you don't remember our life-saving grace, we are still friends. Isn't this extortion?"
Lin Yuxi glared at him and cursed: "Foodie, how much have you eaten and drunk in my house this month? How dare you tell me this? Besides, did you save my life?"
Xiaopang was suddenly speechless and had nothing to say.
I was about to open my mouth when Lin Yuxi said with a stern face: "One hundred thousand yuan, not a penny less. If you don't have that much money, then help me work and pay off my debt starting tomorrow!" After saying that, he got up and left the restaurant, but ran away with his hand covering his mouth. He seemed very happy.
We were both stunned for a moment, and after a while, Xiao Pang said, "It turns out this girl is trying to trick us ."
I said with a gloomy face, "We brothers must get this back. Tomorrow we will go to work for her, continue to eat and drink her food, and then we will play a trick on her again when we get the chance!"
Xiao Pang nodded seriously, "Brother Yu is wise." After saying this, his pig-headed face suddenly became bitter, and he asked me, "You said this little girl is like a smart person, can we deal with her?"
"She is so smart, isn't she just cheated by her boyfriend? Don't forget that I was the one who settled her boyfriend!" I said this, and I never thought I was so awesome. After Xiao Pang gave me a thumbs up, I felt a little light-headed, and suddenly I didn't know where to go.
We didn't set up the stall today. We drank until we were drunk. In the end, let alone north, we couldn't even tell where south was. In the morning, we woke up and went downstairs to finish our wontons. We took a taxi to Fuling Studio. This place was haunted and murdered, and everyone in the city knew about it. If Lin Yuxi didn't continue to rent it, no one would dare to rent it. The landlord was afraid that she would regret it, so he reduced the rent by half, so Lin Yuxi rented the entire west studio.
We only found out about this later. After going upstairs, Xiaopang was still a little scared. He didn't see the murder in Lin Yuxi's room, but he saw the death of the studio owner clearly. He pushed me into the iron fence on the left and didn't dare to look back to the right.
The studio door was open, so we walked in directly. Lin Yuxi sat in the boss chair, squinting her eyes, with her legs on the table. When she saw us coming, she looked very proud. Then she frowned again, opened her eyes wide and said, "Look at the way you two are dressed. You look like charlatans who are cheating and deceiving people. How can you dress so casually when you come to work in a formal place like mine?"
I knew that this girl would not stop until she had enough fun with us, so I rolled my eyes and said nothing. Xiaopang tugged at his clothes and said with a smile: "Xiao Xi, my outfit is okay, right? Although it is a knockoff, it is also a high-quality imitation of Pierre Cardin..."
He was interrupted by Lin Yuxi before he finished speaking. The girl angrily scolded: "Call me Manager Lin! You street vendors usually don't follow the rules, but in a formal studio like mine, you must follow the rules. Calling me manager is the minimum respect, understand?"
Xiaopang immediately wilted and turned to look at me, as if to say, didn’t you say this guy is easy to deal with? It’s your turn.
I coughed twice, puffed out my chest and said, "Manager Lin..."
Unexpectedly, as soon as I said these three words, Lin Yuxi fell off the chair with a thud!
